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“Hashem doesn’t judge us on the result — He’s looking, with loving eyes, at the effort”
Family First Readers
Family First Inbox
“Every one of us should start every day giving ourselves a standing ovation”
Family First Readers
Cooks Compete
Corn salad is an easy side dish to turn to when you need something quick and easy
Family Table Readers
Cooks Compete
"Every time we knock and cry and beg for the door to open, we are heard" Sometimes it seems that locked doors are preventing our prayers from being answered. But even though we can never know the reason for the locks, we can be sure that every time we knock and cry and beg for
Family Table Readers
Expert Eye
How to choose fabrics for your home
Zisi Naimark
A Summer Well Spent
"To see how 'I' and 'me' are just ways to say ‘us' and 'we'; to expand yourself to include others"
Yosef Herz
A Summer Well Spent
"It was all part of being there, showing the unaffiliated that bnei Torah can be fun, normal, and serious about Yiddishkeit at the same time"
Yosef Herz
The Gatekeeper's Daughter
Vasara sucks in her breath. She swivels in her office chair and closes her eyes. Her trip to Riga belongs to another era, relegated to a dusty corner of her brain, the door shut firmly after it
Esther Teichtal
The Gatekeeper's Daughter
She might always be that weird girl who has fallen from a distant star who doesn’t know half of the endless rules
Esther Teichtal
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Brachos can’t change a person, but they can charge them with new strength

By Miriam Aflalo

Flashback

Most of the time, we look for truth in all the wrong places

By Debbie Lefkowitz

Flashback

“If others can still see fuchsia and turquoise and saffron, then I know they still exist”

By Shoshana Schwartz

Flashback

To create a new home, there must be some separation from the old one 

By Faigy Schonfeld

Flashback

“…learning who you really are, even the ugly parts, so that you can change, really change”

By Faigy Schonfeld

Flashback

“A sparrow hopped across our path and Esti ran after it, laughing. It didn’t upset my schedule at all”

By D. Frankel